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Set preferences for a specific question type

Question preferences let you categorize a question's type and define information specific to the question.

You can also set question preferences at the folder level for all questions in a folder. For details, see Set question folder preferences.

Changing question preference settings when you create a question is optional; all preferences have a default setting.

Notes

Your course may include some but not all of the options in the following table.

To set question preferences for any question type:

When creating or editing the question, click Preferences on the Create Question page.
Note: This choice appears on the Course Materials > Manage Question Bank page if you select Preferences from a question's options menu.

Select from the following options. Options appear in alphabetical order:

Click	To
Asset path (available for Flash questions)	Enter the asset URL. This is the path to the folder stored on the media server or content repository. You can also copy and paste the URL. The path can be up to 1024 characters.
Copyright	Enter relevant copyright information of up to 250 characters.
Description	Enable display of the Difficulty option.
Difficulty	Enter up to 100 characters to describe the question's level of difficulty.
Difficulty-based	Choose a level of difficulty from the list: 1- Easy 2- Moderate 3- Difficult
Hide Flash Response in activity feedback mode (available for Flash questions)	Prevent students from viewing their response to Flash questions after they submit the activity or when they view their submission.
Hide question	Hide the question from the selection list when adding questions to an activity.
Testing	Select this option to indicate that the question should be used for testing purposes. This option is useful in the following scenarios: When you create an activity, you can select the Include only Testing option on the Activity Details page. When you do, the resulting activity includes only questions that you indicated you wanted to use for testing. If you have access to MyTest functionality, select this option to include the question in the MyTest testbank view. If the question is saved in a folder, you must also select the folder's Display this folder in Testbank view of MyTest option to view the question and folder in MyTest.
Keywords	Enter keywords that relate to the question. Separate multiple keywords with commas; for example: keyword1, keyword2. You can enter up to 100 characters and can include extended ASCII characters.
Local Standard	This option appears but is not used by Higher Education.
Locale (available for Flash questions)	Choose a language/locale from the list.
Media Category	Enter up to 100 characters to categorize the question's media type.
Media Type	Enter a name of up to 100 characters for the name of the question's media type.
Media Subtype	Enter a name of up to 100 characters for a second level name for the media type.
Miscellaneous	Enter a brief record or note of up to 100 characters about the question. The note can included extended ASCII characters.
Multimedia Link	Enter an external resource link of up to 100 characters that a student can use to answer the question.
National Standard	Enter the national standard related to the question. You can enter up to 100 characters, and can include extended ASCII characters.
Notes	Enter a note of up to 100 characters about the question. The note can include extended ASCII characters.
Objective	Define a question objective of up to 100 characters.
Page Reference	Enter up to 100 characters of book page references for the question.
Question ID	Enter a question ID of up to 100 characters.
Scoring Attribute	View the question's scoring attribute—system scorable, manually scorable, or not scorable. You cannot edit this option.
SCO Category	Enter up to 100 characters to categorize an SCO question.
Skill	Enter up to 100 characters to indicate the question skill level.
State Standard	This option appears but is not used by Higher Education.
Subtopic	Enter a question subtopic of up to 100 characters. If you enter a subtopic you must first enter a topic.
Testing	Select this option to add the question to MyTest.
Time to answer	Select a time option: Unlimited: (default) Student has unlimited time to complete the question. Restricted: Lets you enter the length of time in minutes and seconds (MM:SS) that students have to answer the question.
Video Chat Options	Set or change any of the following options for LiveChat sessions: Minimum number of participants: Set the number of participants who must login to begin a LiveChat sesssion. Default is 2. Maximum number of participants: Set the maximum number of LiveChat participants. Default is 6. Note: Because LiveChat sessions employ both video and audio, they can require substantial bandwidth; consider limiting the number of participants if video quality becomes compromised. Minimum length of recording and Maximum length of recording: Indicate the length, in MM:SS, for the LiveChat session. Select minimum and maximum times to match assignment complexity. For exampe, if you want each of six students to speak or respond in complete sentences at least times during a session to earn a grade, you might set the minimum length to 5 minutes and the maximum length to 20. Enable multiple tries for recording: Select to allow students to record more than one LiveChat session. You set the number of attempts to allow WHERE? Clear to allow only one attempt per LiveChat assignment. Save text chats: Select to save chat window text entries as well as video and audio recording. Clear to save only video and audio.
Vocabulary	Enter up to 100 characters of related vocabulary words.
XML path (available for Flash questions)	Enter the XML URL that opens the activity XML file. You can also copy and paste the URL. The path can be up to 1024 characters.